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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

WARREN G. SLATER, OF FREMONT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR '.IOv ALONZO Y SWEET, OF SAME PLAGE.

HARNESS-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming partl of LettersPatent No. 278,054,- dated 'May 22, 1883.

' Application filed March 1o. 1883. (No mpdel.)

'l Io all whom it. may concern: I

Be it known that I, WARREN G. SLATER, of Fremont, in the county of N ewaygo and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Harness-Buckles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specication.`

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction ot' harness-buckles.

The invention consists in the pecular construction and arrangement ofthe parts in cornbination with a peculiarly-formed trace, whereby the movement of a tongue upon the buckle is dispensed with, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im- `2o proved'buckle with the wedge-block removed.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, showing the bucklevas applied to a trace.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents the body ofa buckle, which is preferably cast solid,

Y and provided with a bail, a, at one end to receive the haine-tug, and with the side bails, b,

for the reception ot' the back-strap and bellyband. Upon the face ot' this buckle or body 3o A,Iform therectangularbail orloopB,through which the trace C passes.

D is a wedge-block, the rear end of whichis provided with the bail d, into which may be secured, if desired', the end of the holdback-strap,

3 5 which runs forward from the breaching.

1n the trace C, and at suitable distances I apart, I secure lateral strips of leather, which may be sewed into place at the time of making the trace, and which form the bulges c in the trace.

In practice, the buckle being secured to the haine-tug and the wedge-block ybeing in place, the trace is pushed through the loop B the desired distance and until the required length ot' tug has been obtained; and during this operation the wedge-block is in the position shown in dotted lines, with its thinnest part .concealed within the loop. To secure the trace -the wedge-block'is now pushed into the loop,

so that the lower face thereof will impinge against the traces, the bulges hereinbefore vspoken of preventing the traces from pulling WARREN G. SLATER.

Witnesses SAM ODELL, CEAS. P. BARKER. 

